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{{short description|Private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox university|
 | name                   = Lehigh University
 | image                  = Lehigh University Official Seal.jpg
 | image_upright          = 0.6
 | motto                  = ''Homo minister et interpres naturae'' ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "Man, the servant and interpreter of nature"
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[research university]]
 | accreditation          = [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education|MSCHE]]
 | founder                = [[Asa Packer]]
 | endowment              = $1.37 billion (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 19, 2021}}</ref>
 | president              = [[Joseph J. Helble]]
 | provost                = Nathan Urban
 | city                   = [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]]
 | state                  = [[Pennsylvania]]
 | country                = United States
 | established            = {{start date and age|1865|7|27}}
 | students               = 7,692<ref name="lufacts"/>
 | undergrad              = 5,911<ref name="lufacts">{{cite web |url=https://www2.lehigh.edu/about/university-statistics |title=University Statistics |publisher=Lehigh University |access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref>
 | postgrad               = 1,781<ref name="lufacts"/>
 | faculty                = 584 (full-time)<ref name="lufacts"/>
 | administrative_staff   = 1,304<ref name="employee-profile">{{cite web |url=https://data.lehigh.edu/employee-profile |title=Employee Profile |publisher=Lehigh University |date=November 1, 2023 |access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref>
 | campus                 = Small city<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Lehigh&s=all&id=213543|title=IPEDS-Lehigh University}}</ref>
 | campus_size            = {{convert|2350|acre|ha}}
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I FCS]] – [[Patriot League]]|[[Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association|EIWA]]|[[Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference|MARC]]}}
 | colors                 = Brown and white<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.lehigh.edu/about-hallmarks-traditions-brown-white|title=About: Hallmarks & Traditions Brown & White - Lehigh University|website=www1.lehigh.edu|date=May 26, 2015|access-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220181052/http://www1.lehigh.edu/about-hallmarks-traditions-brown-white|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{color box|#663700}} {{color box|white}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Lehigh Mountain Hawks|Mountain Hawks]]
 | mascot                 = Clutch the Mountain Hawk
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
 | website                = {{URL|www2.lehigh.edu}}
 | logo                   = Lehigh University text.png
 | logo_upright           = 1.1
 | free_label             = Newspaper
 | free1                  = ''The Brown and White''
 | religious_affiliation  = Nonsectarian; historically [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]
}}
'''Lehigh University''' ('''LU''') is a [[private university|private]] [[research university]] in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], United States. The university was established in 1865 by businessman [[Asa Packer]]. Lehigh University's undergraduate programs have been [[mixed-sex education|coeducational]] since the 1971&ndash;72 academic year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lehigh.edu/~in40yrs/features/alumnae/they-broke-the-coed-barrier.html|title=They Broke the Coed Barrier|work=lehigh.edu|access-date=September 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015204121/http://www.lehigh.edu/~in40yrs/features/alumnae/they-broke-the-coed-barrier.html|archive-date=October 15, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> {{as of|2022}}, the university had 5,911 undergraduate students and 1,781 [[graduate student]]s.<ref name="lufacts" />

Lehigh has five [[college]]s: the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Education, and the College of Health. The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest, with 38% of the university's students.<ref name="lufacts"/> The university offers [[Interdisciplinarity|Interdisciplinary Studies]], [[Bachelor of Arts]], [[Bachelor of Science]], [[Master of Arts]], [[Master of Science]], [[Master of Business Administration]], [[Master of Engineering]], [[Master of Education]], [[Doctor of Philosophy]], and [[Doctor of Education]] degrees. 

The university is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "Doctoral Universities R2: High Research Activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=213543 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=12 September 2020}}</ref>

==Campus==
{{Further|List of Lehigh University buildings}}
[[File:LehighUniversityLibrary.JPG|right|thumb|An illustrated postcard of Lehigh University's campus in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]] in 1907]]
[[File:Alumni Memorial Building Lehigh University.jpg|thumb|Alumni Memorial Building in November 2019]]
Lehigh University is located in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], in the historically industrial [[Lehigh Valley]] region of eastern [[Pennsylvania]]. Lehigh encompasses {{convert|2350|acre|km2}}, including {{convert|180|acre|km2}} of recreational and playing fields and 150 buildings comprising four million square feet of floor space. It is organized into three contiguous campuses on and around [[South Mountain (Eastern Pennsylvania)|South Mountain]], including:
*The Asa Packer Campus, built into the northern slope of the mountain, the university's original and primary campus;
*The Mountaintop Campus, atop South Mountain, including [[intramural sports]] fields, Imbt Laboratories, and Iacocca Hall; and
*The Murray H. Goodman Campus, immediately south, where a 16,000-seat stadium and some of Lehigh University's sports facilities are located.

In May 2012, Lehigh was the beneficiary a gift of 755 acres of property in nearby [[Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania]] from the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation. The gift from the estate of the long-time benefactor allowed the university to expand to its current size of 2,350 acres across all its campuses, and to consider new long-term potential uses for the university's new properties.<ref name="stablerdonation">{{cite web |url=http://www4.lehigh.edu/president/speeches/speech.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FPresident&WorkflowItemID=1ea82489-13df-46e0-896e-f55b3dab40a3 |title=Message from the President on Stabler Foundation Gift |publisher=lehigh.edu |access-date=2012-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802065028/http://www4.lehigh.edu/president/speeches/speech.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FPresident&WorkflowItemID=1ea82489-13df-46e0-896e-f55b3dab40a3 |archive-date=August 2, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Administration==
As a private institution, Lehigh University is governed by its board of trustees, established 1866. The board can have no less than 18, nor more than 35 members at any given time. The board selects the university president, as well as their vice presidents who operate as "executive agents" of the board.<ref name="bylaws">{{cite web |title=1 UNIVERSITY BYLAWS |url=https://www.lehigh.edu/~inis/trustee/PDF/Lehigh_BOT_bylaws.pdf |website=Lehigh University |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref>

===Presidents===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! No.
! Name
! Tenure
! Notes
|-
| 1.
| [[Henry Coppée]]
| 1866-1875
| [[Mexican–American War]] veteran and President of the [[Aztec Club of 1847]]. Christmas Hall renovated, Packer Hall and President's house constructed.<ref name="Presidents">{{cite web |title=Presidents of the University |url=https://catalog.lehigh.edu/overviewfrompastandpresent/presidentsoftheuniversity/ |website=Lehigh University |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2.
| [[John McDowell Leavitt]]
| 1875-1880
| [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]] priest, lawyer and journalist. Linderman Library constructed.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 3. 
| [[Robert Alexander Lamberton]]
| 1880-1893
| Lawyer. Coppee Hall and Chandler-Ullmann constructed. [[Phi Beta Kappa]] founded.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 4.
| [[Thomas Messinger Drown]]
| 1895-1904
| Created [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]'s chemical engineering program. Led school through [[Panic of 1893]]. Williams Hall constructed.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-style="background:lightgrey;"
|  -
| [[William H. Chandler]]
| 1904-1905
| Chandler, a professor at the university, served as acting president after Drown's sudden death during a surgery.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 5.
| [[Henry Sturgis Drinker]]
| 1905-1920
| Class of 1871, first alumnus to hold position. Fritz Lab, Drown Hall, Coxe Lab, Taylor Hall, Taylor Gym, Taylor Stadium, and Lamberton Hall constructed. Split school into colleges.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-style="background:lightgrey;"
| -
| [[Natt M. Emery]]
| 1920-1922
| Drinker resigned in 1920. His vice president, Natt M. Emery, served as acting president until 1922.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 6.
| [[Charles Russ Richards]]
| 1922-1935
| Graduate school opened to women, Alumni Memorial constructed.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 7.
| [[Clement C. Williams]]
| 1935-1944
| [[University of Iowa]]'s dean of engineering, Richards and Drinker dorms built. Retired in 1944.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 8. 
| [[Martin Dewey Whitaker]]
| 1946-1960
| [[Manhattan Project]] alumni. Dravo, McClintic-Marshall, and Centennials I dorms built. Whitaker Lab built.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 9.
| [[Harvey A. Neville]]
| 1961-1964
| First and only elected president.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 10.
| [[Deming Lewis]]
| 1964-1982
| [[Bell Labs]] alumnus. Maginnes Hall, Whitaker Lab, Mart Science and Engineering Library, Sinclair Lab, the Seeley G. Mudd Building, Neville Hall, Rathbone Dining Hall, Centennial II, Brodhead, Trembley Park, Saucon Village dorms, and the Philip Rauch Field House, and the Stabler center constructed.<ref name="Presidents" />
|- 
| 11.
| [[Peter Likins]]
| 1982-1997
| Purchased Mountaintop Campus from [[Bethlehem Steel]]. Demolished Taylor Stadium to make room for Rauch and Zoellner Halls. Resigned to become an advisor to [[George H.W. Bush]].<ref name="Presidents" />
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
| -
| [[William C. Hittinger]]
| 1997-1998
| Class of 1944. A 22-year veteran of the board of trustees. Selected as interim President after Likins resigned.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 12.
| [[Gregory C. Farrington]]
| 1998-2006
| Helped raise $250 million for the [[Financial endowment|endowment]] of professors as well as another $75 million for the recruitment of new professors.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 13.
| [[Alice P. Gast]]
| 2006-2014
| First female president. Opened Lehigh's Stabler Campus. in 2010 named to the post of science envoy by [[Hillary Clinton]]. Resigned to be named President of the [[Imperial College London]].<ref name="Presidents" />
|-style="background:lightgrey;"
| -
| [[Kevin L. Clayton]]
| 2014-2015
| Alumnus from large family of alumni, 22-year veteran of the board of trustees.<ref name="Presidents" /> 
|-
| 14.
| [[John Douglas Simon|John D. Simon]]
| 2015-2021
| Former provost of the [[University of Virginia]]. Established the College of Health. SouthSide Commons, Singleton, Hitch, and Maida dorms constructed.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
| 15. 
| [[Joseph J. Helble]]
| 2021–present
| Class of 1982. Renamed Packer Hall to Clayton Hall.<ref name="Presidents" />
|-
|}

===Student governance===
In 1988, a student senate was created at the university to act as a governing body for undergraduate students, though it is empowered only to offer recommendations to the university's board. Still, the student senate still has an impact as it determines which clubs receive funding and which are authorized to be listed as official university clubs.<ref>{{cite web |title=What We Do |url=https://studentsenate.lehigh.edu/content/what-we-do |website=studentsenate.lehigh.edu |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Our Structure |url=https://studentsenate.lehigh.edu/content/our-structure |website=studentsenate.lehigh.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Tomaszewski |first1=Samantha |title=The responsibilities of Student Senate, explained |url=https://thebrownandwhite.com/2016/10/06/lehigh-student-senate-explainer/ |website=The Brown and White |access-date=9 October 2023 |date=6 October 2016}}</ref> A separate student senate exists for [[Postgraduate education|graduate students]], known as GSS, which focuses on advocacy for grant procurement and graduate student travel costs to visit sites.<ref>{{cite web |title=Officers & Representatives |url=https://grad.lehigh.edu/node/183 |website=grad.lehigh.edu |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Graduate Student Senate |url=https://grad.lehigh.edu/student-life/graduate-student-senate |website=grad.lehigh.edu |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref>

==Academics==
{{See also|Lehigh University faculty}}
[[File:Sayre Observatory 1896.jpg|thumb|Sayre Observatory, an 1896 donation to the university]]
[[File:Lehigh University Mountain Top Campus.jpg|thumb|Iacocca Hall, named in honor of Lehigh University alumnus [[Lee Iacocca]]]]
[[File:Conferences lehigh.jpg|thumb|The university's Packard Laboratory in November 2015]]
[[File:Lehigh University Williams Hall.jpg|thumb|Williams Hall in November 2019]]
{{as of|2022}}, Lehigh has 584 full-time faculty members, with 95% holding a doctorate degree or the highest degree in their field.<ref name="lufacts" /> Faculty members are required to have a minimum of four office hours per week.

Lehigh's average class size is 28 students; the student-to-faculty ratio is 10:1.<ref name="lufacts" />

The university offers undergraduate enrollment to all its colleges except its College of Education. Students are permitted to take courses or major and minor in subjects outside of their respective college.<ref name="enrollment-data">{{cite web |url=http://www4.lehigh.edu/admissions/undergrad/glance/academics.aspx#Enrollment |title=Chart Showing Undergraduate Enrollment |publisher=.lehigh.edu |access-date=2011-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009153843/http://www4.lehigh.edu/admissions/undergrad/glance/academics.aspx#Enrollment |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The university operates on a [[academic term|semester system]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lehigh University – ''WSJ'. |url=https://www.wsj.com/rankings/college-rankings/best-colleges-2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=}}</ref>

===Colleges===
{{See also|List of Lehigh University engineering highlights}}

Based in Maginnes Hall,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cas.lehigh.edu/casweb/default.aspx?id=1 |title=College of Arts & Sciences |publisher=Cas.lehigh.edu |access-date=2011-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121210015202/http://cas.lehigh.edu/casweb/default.aspx?id=1 |archive-date=December 10, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> the College of Arts and Sciences offers a variety of humanities courses and visual arts programs and many music programs, including a marching band, the Wind Ensemble, and the Philharmonic orchestra. It has a dedicated Humanities Center, which is the site for many literature and other arts-based programs, including the Drown Writers Series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lehigh.edu/~indrown/ugrad/activities.html |title=Department of English |publisher=Lehigh.edu |access-date=2011-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607151438/http://www.lehigh.edu/~indrown/ugrad/activities.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>{{Vague|date=March 2008}}<!-- What is meant by an "active center for discussions"? --> Lehigh also has a program called ArtsLehigh,<ref>[http://cas.lehigh.edu/artslehigh ArtsLehigh] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120710142543/http://cas.lehigh.edu/artslehigh |date=July 10, 2012 }} from the Lehigh website</ref> oriented towards enhancing interest in the arts on campus.

Lehigh introduced business and economics classes in 1893, with the first dedicated classes in economics being offered in 1897 and the first professor of economics being hired by the school, John L. Stewart, in 1898. Stewart is credited with creating the College of Business in 1918, establishing its original courses and teaching most of the classes himself. The College's inaugural class of 1922 numbered just 77.<ref name="business history">{{cite web |title=History of the College of Business Administration |url=https://www.lehigh.edu/library/speccoll/business_history_2.pdf |website=lehigh.edu |access-date=28 February 2024}}</ref> Through the 1930's the College of Business Administration stayed consistent, with around 10 professors and 350 students, and in 1938 was accredited by the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]], with enrollment that year jumping to 465, or 25% of the total student body. In 1952 the College of Business Administration began offering a five-year course in [[Industrial engineering]] and business, as well as graduate courses for [[Master of Business Administration]] degrees and was expanded to include [[Master of Science]] degrees by 1964. In 1957 the College moved from Coppée Hall to the purpose-built Drown Hall.<ref name="business history" />

More than 7,000 students have received master's, education specialist, [[Pennsylvania Department of Education]] teaching certificates and certifications, doctoral degrees, and professional certificates from Lehigh's College of Education {{as of|2018|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lehigh.edu/education/alumni/index.html |title=COE Alumni page |publisher=Lehigh.edu |access-date=2011-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503060757/http://www.lehigh.edu/education/alumni/index.html |archive-date=May 3, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Graduates of Lehigh's P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science invented the [[escalator]]<ref name="escalator">{{cite web |url=http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/stairways-to-heaven-escalators-in-the-vernacular |title=Stairways to Heaven: Escalators in the Vernacular |publisher=Terrastories.com |date=May 16, 2007 |access-date=2011-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008101940/http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/stairways-to-heaven-escalators-in-the-vernacular |archive-date=October 8, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> and founded [[Packard|Packard Motor Car Company]]<ref name="packard">{{cite web |url=http://heritage.web.lehigh.edu/index.php/Packard,_James_Ward |title=Packard, James Ward – Lehigh Engineering Heritage Initiative |publisher=Heritage.web.lehigh.edu |date=April 20, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619152951/http://heritage.web.lehigh.edu/index.php/Packard,_James_Ward |archive-date=June 19, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the companies that built the locks and lockgates of the [[Panama Canal]]. Other notable alumni include [[Roger Penske]], [[Lee Iacocca]], [[John W. Fisher]], and [[Terry Hart]]. [[Tau Beta Pi]], the engineering [[honor society]], was founded at Lehigh.<ref name="taubetapi">{{cite web |url=http://www.tbp.org/pages/About/History/Founder.cfm |title=Tau Beta Pi Founder, Dr. Edward Higginson Williams, Jr |publisher=Tbp.org |access-date=2011-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025034336/http://www.tbp.org/pages/About/History/Founder.cfm |archive-date=October 25, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2005, [[George Tamaro]], a Lehigh University master's degree in civil engineering alumnus, was the [[John Fritz Medal]] award recipient, issued by the [[American Association of Engineering Societies]].<ref name="award_recipients_aaes">{{Cite web|title=Award recipients|url=https://www.aaes.org/files/aaes_awards_description_2020.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.aaes.org/files/aaes_awards_description_2020.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=February 13, 2021|website=American Association of Engineering Societies}}</ref>

Lehigh's College of Health offers classes in biostatistics, epidemiology, population health data science, and others related to population health.<ref>{{Cite web|title=College of Health home|url=http://health.lehigh.edu/home|website=Lehigh University|language=en|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref> The college opened on August 21, 2020, and was the first in the world to offer undergraduate, graduate, and executive degrees in population health. It is based at the Health, Science, and Technology (HST) building which opened in January 2022.<ref>[https://www2.lehigh.edu/news/at-a-time-of-global-health-crisis-lehigh-opens-an-innovative-college-of-health "At a Time of Global Health Crisis, Lehigh Opens an Innovative College of Health," Lehigh University, Wednesday, August 26, 2020.] Retrieved August 27, 2020</ref>

===Admissions===
Admission to Lehigh University is classified as "more selective" by the [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/lehigh-university/ |title=Lehigh University |publisher=American Council on Education |access-date=September 24, 2024 }}</ref> [[The Princeton Review]] gives Lehigh an "Admissions Selectivity Rating" of 95 out of 99.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lehigh University |publisher=[[The Princeton Review]] |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college/lehigh-university-1023596 |access-date=September 24, 2024 }}</ref> 

In 2023, the university received 18,415 applications. It extended offers of admission to 5,389 applicants, or 29%, after holistic review that includes examination of academic rigor, performance and admissions test scores. 1,531 accepted students chose to enroll, a yield rate of 28%.<ref name="cds">{{cite web|url=https://data.lehigh.edu/sites/data.lehigh.edu/files/Final_CDS_2023-2024_Revised_7.12.2024.pdf |title=2023-2024 Common Data Set |publisher=Lehigh University Office of Institutional Data |access-date=September 23, 2024 }}</ref> Of the 33% of incoming students in 2023 who submitted [[SAT]] scores, the [[interquartile range]] was 1370–1480; of the 10% of incoming students in 2023 who submitted [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores, the interquartile range was 31–33.<ref name="cds" />

===Rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| THES_W = 601–800
| THE_WSJ = 14
| QS_W = 591–600
| USNWR_NU = 46
| USNWR_W = 850
| Forbes = 64
| Wamo_NU = 29
}}

[[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report''{{'s}} Best Colleges Ranking]] ranked Lehigh tied for 46th<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/lehigh-university-3289}}</ref> among "National Universities", tied for 25th for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", 26th for "Best Value Schools", 51st for "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs", and 45th for "Most Innovative Schools" in its 2024 edition of "Best Colleges".<ref name="USN&WR">{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/lehigh-university-3289/overall-rankings |title=Lehigh University Rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=June 10, 2023}}</ref> In 2015, ''[[The Economist]]'' ranked Lehigh seventh among national universities in its ranking of non-vocational U.S. colleges ranked by alumni earnings above expectation.<ref>{{cite news |author=Graphic detail Charts, maps and infographics |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/10/value-university |title=The value of university: Our first-ever college rankings |newspaper=The Economist |date=2015-10-29 |access-date=2016-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720062952/https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/10/value-university |archive-date=July 20, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In its 2024 ranking of best U.S. colleges, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' ranked Lehigh the 14th-best overall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best U.S. Colleges 2024 - WSJ / College Pulse Rankings |url=https://www.wsj.com/rankings/college-rankings/best-colleges-2024 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref>

Along with three other [[Pennsylvania]] colleges, [[Dickinson College]] in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]], [[Lafayette College]] in [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]], and [[Muhlenberg College]] in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], Lehigh was a 2020 recipient of the Campus Sustainability Achievement Award issued by the [[Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education]] in commemoration of its participation in the Solar Collaboration Project.<ref>{{Cite news|title=2020 AASHE Sustainability Award Winners Announced|language=en-US|work=The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education|url=https://www.aashe.org/news/2020-sustainability-award-winners-announced/|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref>

In 2018, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Lehigh's part-time [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] program 20th in the nation.<ref name="US News & World Report">{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/part-time-rankings?int=aa6b09&int=a06908 |title=The Best Part-Time MBA Programs |publisher=www.usnews.com |access-date=2017-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902093102/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/part-time-rankings?int=aa6b09&int=a06908 |archive-date=September 2, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2012, ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' ranked Lehigh's College of Business 31st in the nation among undergraduate business programs.<ref name="BusinessWeek Undergrad B-School Rankings">[http://www.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/top_undergrad_bschools_by_specialty_2012.html BusinessWeek rankings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523203013/http://www.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/top_undergrad_bschools_by_specialty_2012.html |date=May 23, 2013 }}.</ref> In 2012, ''BusinessWeek'' ranked Lehigh the seventh-best overall undergraduate finance program in the nation, and ranked its undergraduate accounting program the 21st-best in the nation.<ref name="BusinessWeek Undergrad B-School Rankings"/> 

In 2012,  ''[[Entrepreneur Magazine]]'' and [[The Princeton Review]] named Lehigh the 24th- best undergraduate college for entrepreneurship.<ref name="2012-2013 Top 25 Undergraduate Colleges">[http://www.entrepreneur.com/topcolleges/undergrad/1.html Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 25 Undergraduate Colleges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003165443/http://www.entrepreneur.com/topcolleges/undergrad/1.html |date=October 3, 2012 }} Entrepreneur.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.</ref>

==Student life==

===Fraternities and sororities===
A large majority of Lehigh's social fraternities and sororities have their own university-owned houses; most of the fraternities and sororities are located along Upper and Lower Sayre Park Roads in a region known as "The Hill". 

Lehigh has one of the highest levels of student participation in [[fraternities and sororities]]; approximately 34% of undergraduates are members of a fraternity or sorority. During new member education, Greek life membership rises to almost 45%. There are 10 fraternities,<ref>{{cite web |title=Message Regarding Unrecognized Groups |url=http://lehighgreeks.blogspot.com/2018/08/message-regarding-unrecognized-groups.html |website=Lehigh Greek Community |date=August 30, 2018 |publisher=Lehigh OFSA |access-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035738/http://lehighgreeks.blogspot.com/2018/08/message-regarding-unrecognized-groups.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> all of which are housed on campus, and eight sororities, all of which are housed on campus.<ref name="Greek Life">{{cite web |url=http://www.lehigh.edu/ofsa/fs_info.shtml |title=Fraternities and Sororities |publisher=Lehigh University Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs |access-date=2013-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107180654/http://www.lehigh.edu/ofsa/fs_info.shtml |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Lehigh's "golden age of fraternities" came in the mid-1980s when there were 36 fraternities on campus, all located on "The Hill". Sororities were notably forced to operate off campus. When the drinking age was increased to 21, fraternities started to run into frequent hazing incidents and disciplinary issues which resulted in many of them being forced by the school to disband in the 1990s. Many of their former houses were transitioned to sorority houses and a few were demolished to make way for more dorms. As of 2024, some of the houses on "The Hill" remain vacant.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smerconish |first1=Michael |title=Modern college drinking policies not working |url=https://www.thestate.com/opinion/op-ed/article13958609.html |website=[[The State (newspaper)|The State]] |publisher=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>

===Traditions and student newspaper===
Lehigh students have several lasting traditions. Lehigh's school colors, brown and white, date back to 1874, and the school newspaper, ''The Brown and White'', has been continuously published since 1894.

==Athletics==
{{Main|Lehigh Mountain Hawks}}
{{See also|Lehigh Mountain Hawks football|Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball|Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's lacrosse|Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's basketball|Lehigh Mountain Hawks softball}}
[[Image:Lafayette Lehigh MVP Trophy.JPG|thumb|The [[Lafayette Leopards football|Lafayette]]–[[Lehigh Mountain Hawks football|Lehigh]] [[most valuable player]] trophy plaque prior to the 144th meeting of [[The Rivalry (Lafayette–Lehigh)|The Rivalry]] in 2009; the series between the two colleges, which are {{convert|17|mi}} away from each other in the [[Lehigh Valley]], is the [[List of NCAA college football rivalry games|most-played rivalry]] in [[college football]] history with 158 meetings since 1884.]]
[[File:Philadelphia Eagles offensive linemen at 2009 training camp.jpg|thumb|[[Philadelphia Eagles]] training camp at Lehigh in August 2009]]
[[File:Goodman Stadium.JPG|thumb|[[Goodman Stadium]] at Lehigh in October 2007]]
As a member of the [[Patriot League]], Lehigh competes in 25 different [[Division I (NCAA)|NCAA Division I]] sports. Lehigh's 2006 student-athlete graduation rate of 97% ranked 12th among all 326 NCAA Division I institutions.<ref name="lehighsports1">{{cite web|url=http://www.lehighsports.com/info/graduation/default.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128121342/http://www.lehighsports.com/info/graduation/default.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Graduation Home Page|date=January 28, 2013|archive-date=January 28, 2013|website=lehighsports.com}}</ref>  In 2002, it won the inaugural ''[[USA Today]]''/NCAA Foundation Award for having the nation's top graduation rate of all Division I institutions.<ref name="lehighsports1"/>

Lehigh graduates have gone on to professional careers in the [[National Football League]], [[Major League Baseball]], [[Major League Soccer]], and the [[National Basketball Association]] as players, scouts, coaches, and owners. Lehigh graduates have competed in the [[Super Bowl]] and won gold medals for the U.S. at the [[Olympic Games]]. While it is not a school sport, a number of Lehigh alumni, including [[Roger Penske]], [[Al Holbert]], and [[John Fitch (racing driver)|John Fitch]], went on to successful careers in [[auto racing]].

===Basketball===
{{Main|Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball}}
Lehigh's fifth trip to the [[2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA tournament in 2012]] proved to be their most notable to date, thanks to its first-round game as a #15 seed on March 16, 2012, against the #2 seed [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke Blue Devils]].  Despite being a heavy underdog, thanks to [[CJ McCollum]]'s 30-point heroics, the Mountain Hawks pulled off the stunning upset, defeating the Blue Devils 75-70 and making it only the sixth time that a 15th seed had defeated a second seed.<ref name="morningcall">{{cite web | url=http://www.mcall.com/sports/college/lehigh/mc-ncaa-basketball-lehigh-duke-gamer-0316-20120316,0,6364456.story | title=NCAA basketball: Lehigh pulls off monumental upset of Duke | publisher=The Morning Call | work=MCall.com | date=March 16, 2012 | access-date=March 16, 2012 | author=Housenick, Tom | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310044820/http://articles.mcall.com/2012-03-16/sports/mc-ncaa-basketball-lehigh-duke-gamer-0316-20120316_1_mccollum-3-pointer-gabe-knutson-lehigh | archive-date=March 10, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Football===
{{Main|The Rivalry (Lafayette–Lehigh)}}
Lehigh University and nearby [[Lafayette College]] are rivals in sports. Since 1884, the two football teams have met over 150 times, making the game between the two programs, known as [[The Rivalry (Lafayette–Lehigh)|The Rivalry]], the most played in the history of [[college football]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2017-09-17/7-most-played-college-football-rivalries-all-time|title=7 of the most-played college football rivalries of all time {{!}} NCAA.com|website=www.ncaa.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730183631/https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2017-09-17/7-most-played-college-football-rivalries-all-time|archive-date=July 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 

The rivalry between Lehigh and Lafayette is also the longest uninterrupted rivalry in [[college football]]; the teams have played annually since 1897. For the 150th meeting, the teams played before a sold-out [[Yankee Stadium]] in [[New York City]].<ref>[https://lehighsports.com/sports/150th-lehigh-lafayette-game "150th Lehigh-Lafayette Game"] at Lehigh Sports</ref>

The week leading up to the game features traditional festivities, including decorating fraternity houses, parties, rallies and the [[Marching 97]] performing unexpectedly during classes the Friday before the game.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Lehigh: Marching 97 Campus Tour |date=May 26, 2015 |url=https://www1.lehigh.edu/about-hallmarks-traditions-marching-97-campus-tour |publisher=Lehigh University |quote=The march is called "Eco-flame" because in the '70s Professor Rich Aaronson asked the band to play for his ECO 001 class. |access-date=August 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819170016/https://www1.lehigh.edu/about-hallmarks-traditions-marching-97-campus-tour |archive-date=August 19, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Wrestling===
The most storied athletic program at Lehigh is its [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] team, which began in 1910. Over the past several decades, the Lehigh wrestling team has produced 158 All-Americans and had numerous squads finish with Top 20 NCAA national rankings, including finishing second in the nation in 1939.<ref>{{cite web|title=LU Wrestling History|url=http://www.lehighsports.com/custompages/Record%20Books/Wrestling/Wrestling%20Record%20Book%2092613.pdf|publisher=Lehigh University Athletics|access-date=2014-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001754/http://www.lehighsports.com/custompages/Record%20Books/Wrestling/Wrestling%20Record%20Book%2092613.pdf|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, the athletic department hired Pat Santoro, a two-time national champion and two-time winner of the EIWA Coach of the Year (2009, 2012) as Lehigh's head wrestling coach.<ref>{{cite web|title=LU Wrestling Pat Santoro Bio|url=http://www.lehighsports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1483&path=wrestling|publisher=Lehigh University Athletics|access-date=2014-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222002212/http://www.lehighsports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1483&path=wrestling|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Home dual meets and tournaments take place in Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall, on the university's main campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=LU Wrestling Arena|url=http://lehighsports.com/sports/2013/6/4/GEN_0604132035.aspx|publisher=Lehigh University Athletics|access-date=2014-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001844/http://lehighsports.com/sports/2013/6/4/GEN_0604132035.aspx|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Commonly known as "The Snake Pit", it has been the home of Lehigh wrestling since 1942.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spey |first=Andrew |date=2018-06-04 |title=Final X Lehigh Will Be Held In Historic Grace Hall |url=https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6212291-final-x-lehigh-will-be-held-in-historic-grace-hall |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=FloWrestling |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Scovel |first=Shannon |date=September 30, 2019 |title=The 5 best places to watch college wrestling, according to fans |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2019-09-30/5-best-places-watch-college-wrestling-according-fans |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=www.ncaa.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-12-13 |title=Lehigh Valley Flashback Dec. 13: Emmaus’ Berta, Liberty’s Hartenstine named high school All-Americans |url=https://www.mcall.com/2020/12/13/lehigh-valley-flashback-dec-13-emmaus-berta-libertys-hartenstine-named-high-school-all-americans/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=The Morning Call |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2013, Grace Hall was converted into the Caruso Wrestling Complex, including a visiting area and Lehigh's College Wrestling Wall of Fame. 

In March 2017, Lehigh wrestler and [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]] native Darian Cruz won the [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA Division I national wrestling tournament]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fierro |first1=Nick |title=Lehigh's Darian Cruz captures NCAA wrestling championship at 125 pounds |url=https://www.mcall.com/sports/college/mc-ncaa-wrestling-0318-20170318-story.html |website=The Morning Call |date=March 19, 2017 |publisher=Morning Call |access-date=March 3, 2019 |ref=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111536/https://www.mcall.com/sports/college/mc-ncaa-wrestling-0318-20170318-story.html |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> becoming Lehigh's first national champion since [[Zach Rey]], Lehigh's current assistant wrestling coach, won the title in the heavyweight division six years earlier, in 2011.

=== Lacrosse ===
Lehigh University's [[lacrosse]] program is a prominent part of Lehigh's athletic offerings, with both men's and women's teams competing at the [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Men's Lacrosse |url=https://lehighsports.com/sports/mens-lacrosse |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Lehigh University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> The men's team and women's team compete in the [[Patriot League]].

The men's lacrosse team has achieved historic success over the years, including four [[Patriot League Championship|Patriot League Championships]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-07-18 |title=Lehigh Men’s Lacrosse Team: Four-Time Patriot League Champs |url=https://www2.lehigh.edu/news/lehigh-mens-lacrosse-team-four-time-patriot-league-champs |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Lehigh University |language=en}}</ref> The team earned an automatic bid to the [[NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship|NCAA Tournament]] in 2024 after rallying to defeat [[Boston University]] 11-10 in the championship game.<ref name=":0" />

==The Clery Act==
{{Main|Clery Act|Murder of Jeanne Clery}}

On April 5, 1986, [[Murder of Jeanne Clery|Jeanne Clery]], a 19-year-old Lehigh freshman, was raped and murdered in her Lehigh dorm room; the perpetrator, a Lehigh student, was apprehended, tried, and sentenced to death. In 1990, the backlash against unreported crimes on numerous campuses across the country led the [[United States Congress]] to pass the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, known as the [[Clery Act]], which requires that colleges reveal information regarding crime on their campuses.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116872,00.html|title=After Their Daughter Is Murdered at College, Her Grieving Parents Mount a Crusade for Campus Safety|last=Gross|first=Ken|date=February 19, 1990|magazine=People.com|access-date=2011-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604122642/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116872,00.html|archive-date=June 4, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.securityoncampus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=271&Itemid=60|title=Complying With The Jeanne Clery Act|publisher=Securityoncampus.org|access-date=2011-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213104921/http://www.securityoncampus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=271&Itemid=60|archive-date=December 13, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Notable people==
[[File:LUwithShield-CMYK.svg|thumb|Lehigh University's "Commercial Seal." In December of 2001 the university attempted to make this the official seal, however, backtracked due to alumni opposition<ref>{{cite web |title=Lehigh University logo undergoes another change ** Campus officials say concerns over earlier changes prompted the latest design. |url=https://www.mcall.com/2002/02/15/lehigh-university-logo-undergoes-another-change-campus-officials-say-concerns-over-earlier-changes-prompted-the-latest-design/ |website=[[The Morning Call]] |access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref>]]

=== Alumni ===
{{Main list|List of Lehigh University alumni}}
Notable alumni include:
* [[Pongpol Adireksarn]], former deputy prime minister of [[Thailand]]
* [[Ali Al-Naimi]], former [[Ministry of Energy (Saudi Arabia)|Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia]]
* [[Hans J. Baer]], Swiss banker
* [[Martin Baron]], former editor of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[The Boston Globe]]''
* [[Lynn S. Beedle]], [[National Academy of Engineering]] member, founder and director of the [[Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat]], [[Frank P. Brown Medal]] recipient, [[John Fritz Medal]] recipient, and Deputy Office in Charge of the [[Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll]] in 1946
* [[Stephen J. Benkovic]], chemist and [[National Medal of Science]] recipient
* [[Harry J. Buncke]], "father of [[microsurgery]]"
* [[Steve Chang]], co-founder and former CEO of [[Trend Micro]]
* [[Stacey Cunningham]], 67th president of the [[New York Stock Exchange]]
* [[Charlie Dent]], former U.S. Representative 
* [[Henry Sturgis Drinker]], mechanical engineer for the [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]] and president of Lehigh University, 1905–1920
* [[Robert Durst]], convicted serial killer and the subject of ''[[The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst|The Jinx]]'', a 2015 [[HBO]] miniseries
* [[Cathy Engelbert]], [[WNBA]] commissioner and former CEO of [[Deloitte]]
* [[John W. Fisher]], [[National Academy of Engineering]] member, founding director of the [https://icpie.lehigh.edu/centers/atlss-engineering-research-center ATLSS Engineering Center], and [[Frank P. Brown Medal]] Laureate
* [[James Geurts]], [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)]]
* [[Terry Hart]], [[NASA]] astronaut
* [[Richard Hayne]], co-founder of [[Urban Outfitters]]
* [[Lee Iacocca]], former CEO of [[Chrysler]]
* [[Thomas R. Kline]], lawyer, namesake and benefactor of the [[Thomas R. Kline School of Law|Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law]]
* [[CJ McCollum]], professional basketball player, [[New Orleans Pelicans]]
* [[Paul Marcincin]], former mayor of Bethlehem and founder of [[Musikfest]]
* [[Thomas William McNamara]], United States Navy rear admiral<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.featheringillmortuary.com/memorials/thomas-mcnamara/4092680/ |title = Obituary |publisher = Featheringill Mortuary |access-date = 13 October 2020 }}</ref>
* [[Joe Morgenstern]], film critic and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner
* [[James Ward Packard]], founder of [[Packard|Packard Motor Car Company]]
* [[Roger Penske]], founder of [[Penske Corporation]] and [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] recipient
* [[Austin Price]], professional basketball player in the [[Israeli Premier Basketball League]]
* [[Jesse W. Reno]], inventor of the [[escalator]]
* [[Stephanie Ruhle]], [[MSNBC]] journalist
* [[Michael Smerconish]], [[Sirius XM|SiriusXM]] radio host and CNN television presenter
* [[John H. Tilelli Jr.]], U.S. Army [[General (United States)|General]] and [[United States Army Forces Command|U.S. Army Forces]] commander
* [[Wendell Weeks]], CEO and chairman of [[Corning Inc]] and [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com]] board director
* [[William Wiswesser]], chemist and pioneer in [[chemical informatics]]
* [[Robert Serber]], physicist on [[Manhattan Project]]
* [[Matt McBride]], former baseball player for the [[Oakland Athletics]]
* [[Levi Stoudt]], pitcher for the [[Baltimore Orioles]]
* [[Mason Black]], pitcher for the [[San Francisco Giants]]

===Faculty===
Notable past or present faculty members include: 
* [[Sirry Alang]], professor of [[sociology]] and public health researcher
* [[Ferdinand P. Beer]], the first chair of the Department of Mechanical engineering, professor of mechanical engineering from 1947 to 1984, wrote several textbooks influential to engineering education
* [[Helen M. Chan]], New Jersey Zinc Professor of [[Material Science and Engineering|material science and engineering]]
* [[Michael Behe]], professor of [[biochemistry]], and [[intelligent design]] advocate
* [[Dan M. Frangopol]], professor of [[structural engineering]] and inaugural holder of the [[Fazlur R. Khan]] Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture
* [[Terry Hart]], professor of mechanical engineering and former [[NASA]] astronaut
* [[Norman Melchert]], Selfridge Professor of Philosophy from 1962 until his retirement in 1995
* [[Joanna B. Michlic]], professor of [[History of the Jews in Poland|Polish-Jewish]] history
* [[Francis Quirk|Francis J. Quirk]], professor of art from 1950 to 1973
* [[Elsa Reichmanis]], [[Perkin Medal]] recipient and Anderson Endowed Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 
* [[Stephanie Powell Watts]], professor of English and award-winning author

===Honorary degrees===
*[[Bill Cosby]] (issued in 1987 and rescinded in October 2015)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://thebrownandwhite.com/2015/10/14/lehigh-rescinds-bill-cosby-honorary-degree/| title = Lehigh rescinds Cosby's honorary degree – The Brown and White| date = October 14, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Donald Trump]] (issued in 1988 and rescinded in January 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.lehigh.edu/news/board-of-trustees-honorary-degree-decision|title = Board of Trustees Honorary Degree Decision|date = January 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2021/01/lehigh-university-revokes-president-trumps-honorary-degree-2-days-after-us-capitol-siege.html|title = Lehigh University revokes President Trump's honorary degree 2 days after U.S. Capitol siege|date = January 9, 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Lehigh University Press]]

==References==
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